Led by MTC Associate Artistic Director Sam Strong, celebrated actors Nadine Garner, Greg Stone, Ian Meadows, Robert Menzies and Peter Kowitz present this modern classic that has mesmerised audiences from the West End to Broadway and back again, and is now on stage in Melbourne for the first time.
The Weir takes audiences to a small rural pub in the west of Ireland, the old regulars and their host fall into swapping ghost stories, the sort of local legends and anecdotes that over the years get stretched in the telling. It’s not their usual entertainment for a week night. They’re just showing off, as fellas do, throwing around a little blarney for the benefit of an attractive stranger in their midst. And Valerie, who has just moved from Dublin into town seems to be enjoying the stories. What’s the harm in it? Who could know how deeply these stories strike home and that the most moving story is waiting to be told?
